316. TWO CONDUCTORS

Man the conductor
   Sees the players
      And
   Sees not the audience.
His hunger for growing appreciation
   Is
      Half fed.

God the conductor
   Hears the aspiration-music of the cosmic gods
      And
   Becomes the appreciation-applause of the divine audience.
His hunger for the joy-distribution
   Is
      Sumptuously fed.
Sri Chinmoy, The Dance of Life, Part 7, Aum Press, Puerto Rico, 1973